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Feature #1557

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Add the Interface descriptions to the OS interface descriptions

Added by Peter Baumann almost 13 years ago. Updated about 4 years ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Low
Assignee:
Renato Botelho
Category:
Interfaces
Target version:
2.5.0
Start date:
05/26/2011
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
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Description

When configuring an interface we can specify a "description" of the interface.
Unfortunately this description is not saved into the os interface level.
Example:

ifconfig re0
re0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
options=9b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM>
ether 00:00:de:ad:be:ef
inet 172.20.1.10 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.20.1.255
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
status: active
  1. ifconfig re0 description BACKBONE
  2. ifconfig re0
    re0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
    description: BACKBONE
    options=9b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM>
    ether 00:00:de:ad:be:ef
    inet 172.20.1.10 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.20.1.255
    media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
    status: active

It would be perfect when the description is also saved into the interface in os level.
So you can use this with SNMP Tools to see the interface descriptions.

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